GEISSLER, G[ottfried] (1770-1844), artist and J. RICHTER (1763-1829), author

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Los 209 | GEISSLER, G[ottfried] (1770-1844), artist and J. RICHTER (1763-1829), author
GEISSLER, G[ottfried] (1770-1844), artist and J. RICHTER (1763-1829), author

Spiele und Belustigungen der Russen aus den niedern Volks-Klassen. Jeux et divertissements du peuple russe. Leipzig: au comptoir d'industrie, [n.d. but 1802-1805].

First edition of suite of plates designed by Gottfried Geissler whilst on expedition in Russia. The artist, already an established painter and draughtsman, went to Russia in 1790 to teach drawing. In 1793 and 1794 he accompanied the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas on his second scientific expedition to southern Russia, following which he remained in the company of Pallas spending a few years studying and taking drawings of the Crimea. Upon his return to Leipzig, Geissler published several books on Russia, such as the present Spiele und Belustigungen, illustrated with drawings he had made throughout his travels. The plates are accompanied by an explanatory text in German by Johann Gottfried Richter and a French translation on the cersoby P. Hacault. Richter was also a native of Leipzig and worked as a tutor in Moscow for 16 years. Colas 2554.



Quarto (302 x 246mm). 2 printed title pages and 17 leaves of letterpress in French and German, 12 engraved plates coloured by contemporary hand (scattered spotting and marginal finger soiling). Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt.





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